FACULTY

Courses are taught by an expert faculty, including renowned practitioners in fields ranging from environmental law to alternative energy financing and researchers who are leaders in the fields of earth science, engineering and environmental management. The program utilizes environmental and sustainable development research and practitioner experience to provide practical training in sustainability management to a new generation of professionals who will address critical interdisciplinary issues.

Faculty Advisors

Faculty advisors are identified by an asterisk (*) after their name.

Steve Cohen, Ph.D.*
Program Director

Satyajit Bose*
Associate Director

Dong Guo*
Professor of Practice

Lynnette Widder*
Professor of Practice

Du'Bois A'Keen

ESG & DEiB Director

Laia Andreu-Hayles

Research Associate Professor, Tree-Ring Lab, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Sonay Aykan

Associate Director, Sustainability and ESG, Colgate-Palmolive Company

Paul Barker

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Susan Blaustein

Founder/Director, WomenStrong International

Chanda Burrage

Lecturer at CUNY Medgar Evers College (Social & Behavioral Science); Executive Director at World Rhythm Academy

Peter Clarke

Managing Director, Energy, Sustainability, CBRE

Robert Cook

Program Director for Environment & Science, The Zegar Family Foundation Senior Science Advisor, The Mayday Fund

Susanne DesRoches

Vice President of Clean and Resilient Buildings, NYSERDA

Scott Fisher

Senior VP, EV Business Development and Sales, Voltera

Michelle Gabriel

Program Director for M.S. in Sustainable Fashion at IENYC

Daniel Giuffrida

CEO Plankton Energy

Adela Gondek*

Lecturer in the Faculty of Climate

Jennye Greene

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Brooke Guven

Managing Director and Head of ESG and Sustainability, Cerberus Capital Management

Diana Hernandez

Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

Shaun Hoyte*

Section Manager, Clean Energy Networks, Con Edison

Angela Jhanji

Managing Director EQT

Amy Karpati*

Senior Science Advisor, Teatown Lake Reservation

Seth Kerschner

Partner White & Case LLP

Philip LaRocco

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Peter Marcotullio

Director, Center for Sustainable Cities and Professor, CUNY

Dan Mathis

Policy Fellow at Next100

Christoph Meinrenken

IKNS Program Director; PI, Climate School; Affiliate, Data Science Institute

Bhakti Mirchandani

Managing Director, Responsible Investing at Trinity Church Wall Street

Fernando Ortiz

Upper Manhattan & Bronx Borough Director

Laura Popa

Deputy Commissioner of Sustainability for the New York City Department of Buildings

Curtis Probst

CEO, New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation

Michael Puma*

Director and Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, The Earth Institute

Lucius Riccio

Executive Vice President and Partner, Gedeon GRC Consulting

Louise Rosen

Senior Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs and Communications

Ralph Schmidt

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Carter Strickland

Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director of Climate Action, The State University of New York

Diana Trushell

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Jessica Wasser

Manager, Sustainability & ESG, Tapestry, Inc.

John Williams*

Director of Student Affairs & DEI, Columbia Climate School

Thomas Abdallah

Deputy Vice President and Chief Environmental Engineer, MTA New York City Transit

Luke Apicella

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Danielle Azoulay

Vice President of Sustainability and CSR, L’Oréal USA

Tavis Barr

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Travis Bradford

Founder and President, Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development

Kizzy Charles-Guzman

Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Environmental Health

Elizabeth Cline

Author, The Conscious Closet and Overdressed

Nicole Davi

Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School

Jonathan Dickinson

Practice Leader, Sustainability and Energy, WSP USA

Adam Freed

Principal, Sustainability Practice, Bloomberg Associates

Noa Gafni

Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation

Donna Givens-Davidson

President and CEO, Eastside Community Network

Henry Gordon-Smith

Founder & CEO Agritecture

Anthony Guerrero

Vice President Workplace Experience and Sustainability at Earthjustice

Wendy Hapgood*

Cofounder and COO, Wild Tomorrow Fund

Jonathan Hollander

Head of Product CarbonSig

Sophia Huda

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Bruce Kahn

Senior Portfolio Manager, Shelton Sustainable Equity Fund

Brian Kavanagh

New York State Senator

Suzanne Klatt

Vice President ESG & Sustainability, American Express

Jenna Lawrence*

Lecturer in Discipline, Columbia Climate School

Eric Maltzer

Director of Sustainable Investment (IFM) in North America

Kim Matsoukas

Director, Sustainability Coach

Teri Mendelsohn

Executive Coach at Mendelsohn Consulting

Amin Mohseni

Macroeconomist, Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center

Carl Otto

Corporate Sustainability & ESG Manager at American Express

Chandler Precht

Director of External Affairs & Communications, Graduate Programs in Sustainability Management & Science, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School

Katrina Prutzman

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Julie Reiss

Independent Art Historian and Critic

Leslie Rich

Sr. Consultant, DOE Loan Programs Office

Celine Ruben-Salama*

Principal, FOR THE LONG-TERM LLC

Alix Schroder

Associate Director, Academic Initiatives, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School

Perry Teicher

Impact Finance Counsel, Orrick

Haralambos Vasiliadis

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Anyi Wang

Associate Research Scholar, Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management, Columbia University

Gregory Yetman

Associate Director for Geospatial Applications, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

Carolyn Allwin

US Head of ESG at CAPCO and Venture Partner at Clearstone

Howard Apsan*

University Director of Environmental, Health, Safety, and Risk Management (EHSRM), The City University of New York

Jitendra Bajpai

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Ammar Belal*

Founding Partner ONE432

Allison Bridges

Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management

Clara Cibrario Assereto

Senior Associate - Sustainability, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Benjamin Cook

Adjunct Research Scientist, The Earth Institute’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Anne (Nancy) Degnan

Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center, The Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Adjunct Associate Professor, The School of International and Public Affairs